Jason Young (fighter)
Encyclopedia
Jason "Shotgun" Young is a professional English
mixed martial artist
currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship
, in their Featherweight
division. He currently trains at Team Titan and Semtex gym and he has trained with Brad Pickett
.
, England
, Young started fighting at age 17 to stay out of trouble in the streets. Before he started fighting professionally, Young worked as a plasterer. Jason Young is 24 years old.
by way of majority decision. Young then fought current UFC fighter, and yet unbeaten, Paul Sass
, in Olympian MMA Championship, tapping out to a Heel Hook
at 2:01 of the first round. Young then won two straight fights in Cage Warriors Fighting Championship and Knockout Entertainment Canada before signing to fight for the UFC.
at UFC 131
on June 11, 2011. The fight went to the judges' scorecards and Young lost via unanimous decision.
Young next faced Michihiro Omigawa
on November 5, 2011 at UFC 138
and lost the fight via unanimous decision.
|Loss
|align=center| 8-5
|Michihiro Omigawa
| Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 138
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Birmingham
, England
|
|-
| Loss
|align=center| 8-4
| Dustin Poirier
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 131
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Vancouver
, Canada
|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 8-3
| Jorge Britto
| Decision (unanimous)
| MMA 1: The Reckoning
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Orillia, Ontario
, Canada
|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 7-3
| Sergej Grecicho
| Decision (unanimous)
| CWFC 38: Young Guns
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|North London
, England
|
|-
| Loss
|align=center| 6-3
| Paul Sass
| Submission (heel hook)
| OMMAC 4: Victorious
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:01
|Liverpool
, England
|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 6-2
| Abdul Mohamed
| Decision (majority)
| UCMMA 8: Dynamite
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|London
, England
|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 5-2
| Jordan Miller
| TKO (corner stoppage)
| UCMMA 3: Unstoppable
|
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 5:00
|London
, England
|
|-
| Loss
|align=center| 4-2
| Tim Radcliffe
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| UCMMA 1: Bad Breed
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:03
|London
, England
|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 4–1
| Francis Heagney
| Decision (unanimous)
| Cage Rage 27
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|London
, England
|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 3-1
| Jody Cottham
| TKO (punches)
| Cage Rage: Contenders 9
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:02
|United Kingdom
|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 2-1
| Michael King
| TKO (punches)
| Cage Rage: Contenders 7
|
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 0:48
|London
, England
|
|-
| Loss
|align=center| 1-1
| Steven Elliot
| Submission (armbar)
| Cage Rage: Contenders 3
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:59
|London
, England
|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 1-0
| Paul Phipps
| Submission (punches)
| Cage Rage: Contenders 2
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:26
|South London
, England
|
|-
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
mixed martial artist
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
, in their Featherweight
Featherweight (MMA)
The featherweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Pancrase's featherweight division, which groups competitors within 136 to 145 lb...
division. He currently trains at Team Titan and Semtex gym and he has trained with Brad Pickett
Brad Pickett
Brad Pickett is an English mixed martial artist and the former Cage Rage British Featherweight champion and Ultimate Challenge MMA Featherweight Champion. He currently competes as a Bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
.
Biography
Born in LewishamLewisham
Lewisham is a district in South London, England, located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Young started fighting at age 17 to stay out of trouble in the streets. Before he started fighting professionally, Young worked as a plasterer. Jason Young is 24 years old.
Mixed martial arts career
Young became a professional fighter in 2006 and fought the first five fights of his career in Cage Rage - Contenders, building up a record of 4-1. He then moved on to fight three fights in Ultimate Challenge MMA, winning their Lightweight title and accomplishing a notable win over Abdul MohamedAbdul Mohamed
Abdul Mohamed is an Afghan-English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight and welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003, Mohamed has starred in the domestic organisations, winning the Cage Rage British Lightweight Championship, as well as competing...
by way of majority decision. Young then fought current UFC fighter, and yet unbeaten, Paul Sass
Paul sass
Paul Sass is an English mixed martial artist. He lives in Liverpool, training with Next Generation MMA and Team Kaobon.-Early career:Sass' professional MMA record stands at 12-0, with 8 of the victories by triangle choke...
, in Olympian MMA Championship, tapping out to a Heel Hook
Heel hook
Heel hook may refer to:* Heel hook, in grappling* A climbing technique...
at 2:01 of the first round. Young then won two straight fights in Cage Warriors Fighting Championship and Knockout Entertainment Canada before signing to fight for the UFC.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Young entered the UFC to fight Dustin PoirierDustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter, currently competing as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
at UFC 131
UFC 131
UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 11, 2011 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.-Background:...
on June 11, 2011. The fight went to the judges' scorecards and Young lost via unanimous decision.
Young next faced Michihiro Omigawa
Michihiro Omigawa
is a Japanese mixed martial artist and Judoka who trains out of Hidehiko Yoshida's dojo. He made it to the finals in the Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix losing to Masanori Kanehara.-Mixed martial arts career:...
on November 5, 2011 at UFC 138
UFC 138
UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 5, 2011 at LG Arena in Birmingham, England. The event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S. and live on Sportsnet in Canada...
and lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Mixed martial arts record
|-|Loss
|align=center| 8-5
|Michihiro Omigawa
Michihiro Omigawa
is a Japanese mixed martial artist and Judoka who trains out of Hidehiko Yoshida's dojo. He made it to the finals in the Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix losing to Masanori Kanehara.-Mixed martial arts career:...
| Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 138
UFC 138
UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 5, 2011 at LG Arena in Birmingham, England. The event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S. and live on Sportsnet in Canada...
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
|
|-
| Loss
|align=center| 8-4
| Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter, currently competing as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 131
UFC 131
UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 11, 2011 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.-Background:...
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 8-3
| Jorge Britto
Jorge Britto
Jorge Britto is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He holds a University degree in Physical Education, and is currently Head Instructor at Toronto BJJ...
| Decision (unanimous)
| MMA 1: The Reckoning
MMA 1: The Reckoning
MMA: The Reckoning was a mixed martial arts event held by Knockout Entertainment Canada. It took place on April 2, 2011 at Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada. It is the first Mixed Martial arts event to take place in Ontario since the official sanctioning of MMA in August of 2010. The fights are...
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Orillia, Ontario
Orillia, Ontario
Orillia, pronounced ōrĭl'ēə, is a city located in Simcoe County in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe, 135 kilometres north of Toronto.Originally incorporated as a village in 1867, the history of...
, Canada
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 7-3
| Sergej Grecicho
| Decision (unanimous)
| CWFC 38: Young Guns
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
, England
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|-
| Loss
|align=center| 6-3
| Paul Sass
Paul sass
Paul Sass is an English mixed martial artist. He lives in Liverpool, training with Next Generation MMA and Team Kaobon.-Early career:Sass' professional MMA record stands at 12-0, with 8 of the victories by triangle choke...
| Submission (heel hook)
| OMMAC 4: Victorious
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:01
|Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, England
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 6-2
| Abdul Mohamed
Abdul Mohamed
Abdul Mohamed is an Afghan-English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight and welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003, Mohamed has starred in the domestic organisations, winning the Cage Rage British Lightweight Championship, as well as competing...
| Decision (majority)
| UCMMA 8: Dynamite
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 5-2
| Jordan Miller
| TKO (corner stoppage)
| UCMMA 3: Unstoppable
|
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 5:00
|London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
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|-
| Loss
|align=center| 4-2
| Tim Radcliffe
Tim Radcliffe
Tim Radcliffe is an English mixed martial artist, who competes in the lightweight division. He is currently the UCMMA Lightweight Champion...
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| UCMMA 1: Bad Breed
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:03
|London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 4–1
| Francis Heagney
| Decision (unanimous)
| Cage Rage 27
Cage Rage 27
Cage Rage 27: Step Up was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on July 12, 2008 at Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Nuts TV in the United Kingdom....
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 3-1
| Jody Cottham
| TKO (punches)
| Cage Rage: Contenders 9
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:02
|United Kingdom
|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 2-1
| Michael King
| TKO (punches)
| Cage Rage: Contenders 7
|
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 0:48
|London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
|
|-
| Loss
|align=center| 1-1
| Steven Elliot
| Submission (armbar)
| Cage Rage: Contenders 3
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:59
|London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 1-0
| Paul Phipps
| Submission (punches)
| Cage Rage: Contenders 2
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:26
|South London
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
, England
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External links
- Official UFC Profile
- http://twitter.com/#!/shotgun_young